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A 'matter' of tradition
[SIZE=-1]MLive.com, MI - 1 hour ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]So exactly what "matter" could come off a twirling octopus and land on the ice that might pose a hazard to players? Dr. Steve O'Shea director of the Earth ...[/SIZE]

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NHL bans octopus swinging; $10000 fine for offenders
[SIZE=-1]Detroit Free Press, United States - Apr 19, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Details were scarce Friday, but the Wings have been told by the NHL that head octopus wrangler Al Sobotka no longer may swing the mollusks over his head ...[/SIZE]

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[News]: HELENE ST. JAMES' BLOG No more twirling of the octopus - Detroit Free Press

HELENE ST. JAMES' BLOG No more twirling of the octopus
[SIZE=-1]Detroit Free Press, United States - Apr 18, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Just a little tidbit from Joe Louis Arena: The NHL has decided octopus twirling doesn't fit in with league image, or something to that effect. ...[/SIZE]

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Octopus Twirling Test Part Two: The "Raw" Data
[SIZE=-1]Detroit Free Press, United States - 16 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Well, never one to shirk from a challenge of the cephalopod variety, I decided to repeat my octo-twirling test, this time using a raw octopus instead of a ...[/SIZE]

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An off-the-wall take on octopus 'matter'
[SIZE=-1]MLive.com, MI - 15 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The octopus, though, is a different story. "It is your job, you are involved in the game and if you have to do something that, I don't think we are supposed ...[/SIZE]

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It doesn't 'matter,' take two
[SIZE=-1]MLive.com, MI - 20 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Detroit Free Press's Mike Thompson successfully swung a boiled octopus and found that no "matter" (which is supposedly the reason that the NHL has ...[/SIZE]

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Octopus-gate takes another dramatic turn
[SIZE=-1]Detroit Free Press, United States - Apr 25, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The game marked the Wings' second at the Joe since being slapped with a octopus-twirling ban by the NHL late in round one. But the saga of Octopus-Gate came ...[/SIZE]